A kind of experimental facilities of carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrate
Technical field
The present invention relates to the exploitation of gas hydrates technical field, especially a kind of analogy method of carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrate and experimental facilities.
Background technology
Gas hydrates are meant a kind of cage shape crystalline solid that natural gas and water generate under uniform temperature and pressure, it meets fire is incendivity, be commonly called as " combustible ice ", the research of early stage gas hydrates mainly is in order to solve the blockage problem of pipeline, equipment in oil, gas production and the transportation, mainly is the generation that suppresses hydrate.Along with people to the deepening continuously of hydrate research, the characteristic of hydrate and be the human knowledge more and more to the influence of environment be the more important thing is that it shows as value of a kind of effective alternative energy source also benefit to give prominence to.
Gas hydrates can be present in occurring in nature in many ways, and based on the characteristics of gas hydrates, it is different with the exploitation of the conventional traditional energy.Show that it is solid that hydrate buries at the bottom of the ocean, molecular configuration changes in recovery process, becomes gas from solid.That is to say that hydrate undergoes phase transition in recovery process.At present the developing thought of the relevant gas hydrates of great majority all are to consider that at first the gas hydrates how will contain in deposit decompose basically, and then with natural gas extraction to ground.In general, breaking the temperature, pressure condition of gas hydrates stable existence artificially, cause it to decompose, is the main method of methane resource amount in the present development of natural gas hydrate.Existing exploitation method mainly contains the integrated application of voltage drop method, heat shock method, chemical-agent technique and these three kinds of methods.This year, because the application of a large amount of fossil fuels, make that carbon dioxide in air concentration is more and more higher, the greenhouse effect that cause have caused rising and other natural calamities on sea level, therefore be stored into after having the scholar to propose carbon dioxide reclaimed under the face of land reducing carbon dioxide in air concentration, carbon dioxide be injected into face of land gas hydrates can make the conversion of gas hydrates in hiding to carbon dioxide hydrate.Above-mentioned technology can not only promote the recovery of natural gas, and carbon dioxide can be kept sedimental mechanical stability form hydrate in deposit after.
Because the geological conditions of various places is different with the composition of gas hydrates, it is different to form mechanism, so study by simulated experiment, thereby select suitable displacement pressure to determine more suitable production practice, directly instruct and reconnoitre exploitation, but current experiments equipment is relatively simple, is difficult to satisfy present carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrate research needs, and the professional simulation laboratory that is entirely the service of carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrate method simultaneously is also fewer.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrate analogy method and experimental facilities, this analogue experiment installation can the various withdrawal mechanisms of comprehensive study, production performance and various exploitation methods are optimized and overall merit.
For realizing above purpose, the present invention has taked following technical scheme: a kind of experimental facilities of carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrate, comprise one-dimensional model, gas feed unit, working solution feed unit, axial compression control module, back pressure control module, environment control unit, and on above-mentioned each unit, being respectively equipped with the sensor that is used to respond to each cell operation state, this sensor electrical is connected to data processing unit; Described one-dimensional model is arranged in the middle of the environment control unit, its inner simulation chamber for sealing, on one-dimensional model, be provided with gas-liquid inlet, gas liquid outlet and axial compression inlet, the gas output tube road of described gas feed unit is connected the back and is communicated with the gas-liquid inlet with the working solution output pipe of working solution feed unit, the back pressure of back pressure control module is gathered pipeline and is communicated with described gas liquid outlet, and described axial compression control module is connected with described axial compression inlet; Also be provided with on the one-dimensional model and vacuumize interface, be used for being connected with vacuumizing device;
Environment control unit is used to control the environment temperature of one-dimensional model; The gas feed unit is used for to one-dimensional model input natural gas and carbon dioxide, and can control the pressure of the gas of input; The working solution feed unit is used for input service liquid in one-dimensional model; The back pressure control module is used to control the output pressure of natural gas after the simulation mining, water etc.; The axial compression control module is used for the porous media in the compacting one-dimensional model simulation chamber; Data processing unit is used to gather and handle the signal of each sensor, the signals collecting of each sensor generally comprises: amount of natural gas, the water yield imported in one-dimensional model simulation chamber, the amount of natural gas of simulation mining output, the water yield of generation, temperature, pressure, differential pressure, acoustic impedance and resistance in the simulation chamber, the data of each sensor are handled and are generally comprised: output time-temperature curve, time-pressure curve, time-the differential pressure curve, time-acoustic impedance curve, time-resistance curve, pressure-production curve or the like, so that each data is carried out overall merit; Data processing unit can carry out on-line measurement to parameters such as temperature, pressure, flow and liquid weights, shows its value and aggregate-value in wink, and resistance, acoustic impedance are surveyed all can the on-line continuous monitoring.
Described one-dimensional model is cylindrical stainless steel cauldron, comprises cylindrical shell, is with forward flange and rear flange before and after this cylindrical shell on the end respectively to form the simulation chamber of sealing; The outside at described cylindrical shell is with water leg, outlet is connected with described environment control unit respectively this water leg with water leg by the water leg inlet, described gas-liquid inlet is arranged on the forward flange and is communicated in the cylindrical shell, and described gas liquid outlet is arranged on the rear flange and is communicated in the cylindrical shell.By the heat exchange effect that water leg can better improve one-dimensional model is set, more accurately one-dimensional model is carried out temperature control.
Be evenly equipped with temp probe, differential pressure probe, Resistance probe in described cylindrical shell, be connected to the electrode interface of electrode, temp probe is connected to temperature pick up, and Resistance probe is separately positioned on the both sides of cylindrical shell, and described differential pressure probe is connected to first differential pressure pick-up; Position near gas-liquid inlet and gas liquid outlet is provided with ultrasonic emitting probe and ultrasonic wave receiving transducer respectively in end, cylindrical shell two ends, vacuumize interface and be arranged on the gas-liquid entrance, this vacuumizes interface and is connected to vacuum pump, also be respectively equipped with the pressure measxurement interface at gas-liquid inlet and gas-liquid exit, this pressure measxurement interface is connected to pressure sensor, and described electrode, temperature pick up, first differential pressure pick-up, pressure sensor, ultrasonic probe are connected with described data processing unit respectively.
Described environment control unit includes water bath with thermostatic control, and described water leg inlet and water leg outlet are connected with water bath with thermostatic control respectively, and described sensor is the temperature pick up that is arranged in the water bath with thermostatic control.Can carry out accuracy control over temperature to one-dimensional model by environment control unit.
Described gas feed unit comprise be arranged on the gas output tube road, and the gas source, carbon dioxide air source, gas compressor, reducing valve, stop valve, strainer, gas flowmeter and the one way valve that connect successively, be connected with pressure meter on one way valve, described sensor is a gas flowmeter.Sensing element on this gas feed unit is a gas flowmeter, and gas flowmeter can be input to measured gas flow value data processing unit and carry out analyzing and processing.
Described working solution feed unit comprise be arranged on the working solution output pipe, and the working solution holding vessel, hydraulic pump, intermediate receptacle, heating tank, the stop valve that connect successively, described sensor is the liquid-pressure pick-up that is arranged in the hydraulic pump.Sensor on the working solution feed unit is the hydraulic pump that liquid-pressure pick-up is housed, intermediate receptacle is when experimentation need add auxiliary agent, avoid auxiliary agent to the damage of hydraulic pump and a kind of indirect container that uses, in hydrate heat injection exploitation experiment, it is temperature required to need that heating tank is heated to experiment, and working solution is flowed through and entered in the one-dimensional model after the abundant heat exchange of heating tank.
Described back pressure control module comprises that being arranged on back pressure gathers back-pressure valve, gas-liquid separator and the fluid reservoir that on the pipeline, also connects successively, and the gas flowmeter that is connected with this gas-liquid separator, with tank connected second differential pressure pick-up of liquid storage, described sensor is the gas flowmeter and second differential pressure pick-up.
Described axial compression control module comprises hydraulic pump and the stop valve that is connected with the axial compression inlet.Can guarantee to compress the porous media in the one-dimensional model simulation chamber, make it more meet porous media properties in the true environment.
Data processing unit comprises data acquisition device, the central processing unit that is connected with data acquisition device includes the data acquisition module that is used for the pick-up transducers signal, the data memory module that is used for the data processing module of processes sensor signal and is used to store the data processing module result in the described central processing unit.Data acquisition module and one-dimensional model, natural gas feed unit, working solution feed unit, axial compression control module, back pressure control module are connected with sensor electrical on the environment control unit, gather parameters such as the pairing pressure of each sensor, differential pressure, temperature, resistance, acoustic impedance, yield; Data processing module can be data processing software or other structure, data processing module is handled the signal of each sensor, to obtain curves such as time-pressure, time-differential pressure, time-temperature, time-resistance, time-acoustic impedance, time-yield, be used for the situation of exploitation is analyzed; Data memory module can be stored the result and the observed image of fibre opic endoscope of data processing module.
The present invention also provides a kind of analogy method of carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrate, adopts to methane hydrate layer method exploitation continuous or intermittently injecting carbon dioxide gas methane hydrate, and its concrete process comprises step:
(1) under constant volume or level pressure condition, in reaction vessel, utilize the reaction of natural gas and working solution to generate the methane hydrate layer; Reaction vessel can be the one-dimensional model in the aforesaid device herein;
(2) injecting carbon dioxide gas in reaction vessel;
(3) gather the gas phase in the reaction vessel and analyze component in the different time respectively;
(4) when the gas phase methane content in the reaction vessel is higher than predetermined value, the methane gas in the beginning level pressure exploitation reactor.
The present invention compared with prior art has following advantage:
1, the one-dimensional model in this experimental facilities is fixed by flange, and is easy to loading and unloading.
2, carbon dioxide replacement gas hydrates simulation mining can be carried out by this experimental facilities, and multiple different mining type can be simulated to compare;
3,, can utilize the hydrate state of simulation inside, chamber such as resistance, acoustic impedance by this experimental facilities;
4, experimental facilities of the present invention can be simulated external environment condition truly, and carbon dioxide replacement exploitation process, exploitation effect are carried out comprehensive assessment, can provide guidance for the carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrates.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is a structured flowchart of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the cross-sectional view of one-dimensional model of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the plan structure schematic diagram of one-dimensional model of the present invention;
Description of reference numerals: the 1-one-dimensional model, 2-simulates chamber, 3-water bath with thermostatic control, the 4-water leg, 5-gas source, 6-carbon dioxide air source, the 7-gas compressor, 8-reducing valve, 9-stop valve, the 10-strainer, 11-gas flowmeter, 12-one way valve, the 13-pressure meter, 14-pressure-control valve, 15-working solution holding vessel, the 16-hydraulic pump, 17-intermediate receptacle, 18-heating tank, the 19-stop valve, 20-vacuum pump, 21-hydraulic pump, 22-gas sample mouth, 23-back-pressure valve, 24-gas-liquid separator, the 25-gas flowmeter, 26-fluid reservoir, 27-second differential pressure pick-up, the 28-pressure sensor, 29-first differential pressure pick-up, 30-electrode, the 31-temperature pick up, 32-ultrasonic wave, 33-data acquisition device, the 34-central processing unit, the import of 35-gas-liquid, 37-water leg inlet, 38-temp probe, 39-differential pressure probe, the 40-hydrate layer, 41-cylindrical shell, 42-hold-down nut, 43-axial compression piston, the 44-gas liquid outlet, 45-axial compression inlet, 46-rear flange, the outlet of 47-water leg, 48-ultrasonic emitting probe, 49-ultrasonic wave receiving transducer, 50-forward flange, the 51-Resistance probe, the 52-Resistance probe.
The specific embodiment
Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments content of the present invention is described in further details.
Embodiment:
See also shown in Figure 1, a kind of experimental facilities of carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrate, comprise one-dimensional model 1, gas feed unit, working solution feed unit, axial compression control module, back pressure control module, environment control unit, be provided with some sensors on above-mentioned each unit, these sensors are electrically connected with data processing unit by holding wire or data wire; And on above-mentioned each unit, being respectively equipped with the sensor that is used to respond to each cell operation state, this sensor electrical is connected to data processing unit; The inside of one-dimensional model 1 is the simulation chamber of sealing, one-dimensional model 1 is arranged in the middle of the environment control unit, on one-dimensional model 1, be provided with gas-liquid inlet 35, gas liquid outlet 44 and axial compression inlet 45, the gas output tube road of gas feed unit is connected the back and is communicated with gas-liquid inlet 35 by control valve again with the working solution output pipe of working solution feed unit, the back pressure of back pressure control module is gathered pipeline and is communicated with gas liquid outlet 44 by control valve, the axial compression control module is connected with described axial compression inlet 45 by control valve, also be provided with on the one-dimensional model 1 and vacuumize interface, be used for being connected with vacuumizing device.
See also Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 3, one-dimensional model 1 is cylindrical stainless steel cauldron, comprise cylindrical shell 41, be with forward flange 50 and rear flange 46 respectively on this end, cylindrical shell 41 front and back, the simulation chamber 2 that forward flange 50 and rear flange 46 seal with formation by some bolts and cylindrical shell 41 fixing seals; Be with water leg 4 in the outside of cylindrical shell 41, this water leg 4 is connected with environment control unit respectively with water leg outlet 47 by water leg inlet 37, gas-liquid inlet 35 is arranged on forward flange 50 middle parts and is communicated in the cylindrical shell 41, gas liquid outlet 44 is arranged on rear flange 46 middle parts and is communicated in the cylindrical shell 41, also be connected with axial compression piston 43 on the rear flange 46 of cylindrical shell 41, axial compression piston 43 is fixed on the cylindrical shell 41 by hold-down nut 42.
In cylindrical shell 41, be evenly equipped with temp probe 38, differential pressure probe 39, Resistance probe (51,52), be connected to the electrode interface of electrode 30, temp probe 38 is connected to temperature pick up 31, Resistance probe (51,52) be separately positioned on the both sides of cylindrical shell 41, differential pressure probe 39 is connected to first differential pressure pick-up 29; In end, cylindrical shell 41 two ends, be provided with ultrasonic emitting 48 ultrasonic wave of popping one's head near the position of gas-liquid inlet 35 and gas liquid outlet 44 respectively and receive 49, can the measure analog chamber acoustic impedances in 2, be provided with and vacuumize interface at gas-liquid 35 places that enter the mouth, this vacuumizes interface and is connected to vacuum pump 20, also be respectively equipped with the pressure measxurement interface at gas-liquid inlet 35 and gas liquid outlet 44 places, this pressure measxurement interface is connected to pressure sensor 28, can measure the pressure size that one-dimensional model 1 is imported and exported, electrode 30, temperature pick up 31, first differential pressure pick-up 29, pressure sensor 28, ultrasonic probe (48,49) is connected with data processing unit respectively.After natural gas and working solution are injected into simulation chamber 2, in simulation chamber 2, form hydrate layer; Hydrate layer in axial direction is divided into 4 measuring points, measures temperature, resistance and differential pressure respectively.
The concrete structure of other unit of the present invention is as described below:
Environment control unit includes water bath with thermostatic control 3, and water leg inlet 37 and water leg outlet 47 are connected with water bath with thermostatic control 3 respectively, and sensor is the temperature pick up that is arranged in the water bath with thermostatic control 3.Environment control unit is used for one-dimensional model is carried out accuracy control over temperature.
The gas feed unit comprise be arranged on the gas output tube road, and the gas source 5, carbon dioxide air source 6, gas compressor 7, reducing valve 8, stop valve 9, strainer 10, gas flowmeter 11 and the one way valve 12 that connect successively, on one way valve 12, be connected with pressure meter 13, sensor is a gas flowmeter 11, and the gas output tube road communicates with gas-liquid inlet 35.
The working solution feed unit comprise be arranged on the working solution output pipe, and the working solution holding vessel 15, hydraulic pump 16, intermediate receptacle 17, heating tank 18, the stop valve 19 that connect successively, sensor is the liquid-pressure pick-up that is arranged in the hydraulic pump 16, the working solution output pipe communicates with gas-liquid inlet 35, and simulation chamber 2 is connected with stop valve 19, vacuum pump 20 respectively.
The back pressure control module comprises that being arranged on back pressure gathers back-pressure valve 23, gas-liquid separator 24 and the fluid reservoir 26 that on the pipeline, also connects successively, and the gas flowmeter 25 that is connected with this gas-liquid separator 24, second differential pressure pick-up 27 that is connected with fluid reservoir 26, sensor are the gas flowmeter 25 and second differential pressure pick-up 27.The back pressure control module will be gathered pipeline as back pressure with a pipe interface of back-pressure valve 23, be communicated with the gas liquid outlet 44 on the one-dimensional model 1, the back pressure control module is mainly pointed out mouth pressure control and output metering, back-pressure valve 23 is used to control the outlet pressure of one-dimensional model 1, the gas that gas-liquid separator 24 is incited somebody to action wherein, the liquid after separating, measure the amount of natural gas of simulation mining by gas flowmeter 25, the liquid of simulation mining flows into fluid reservoir 26, utilize second differential pressure pick-up 27 that is connected with this fluid reservoir 26 to measure this amount of liquid, this back pressure control module also can comprise the back pressure gas cylinder, reducing valve, pressure meter, atmospheric valve.
The axial compression control module comprises hydraulic pump 21 and stop valve, and hydraulic pump 21 is connected with axial compression inlet 45 by stop valve.
Data processing unit comprises data acquisition device 33, the central processing unit 34 that is connected with data acquisition device 33 includes the data acquisition module that is used to gather each sensor signal, the data memory module that is used for the data processing module of processes sensor signal and is used to store the data processing module result in the central processing unit 34.
The present invention also provides a kind of analogy method of carbon dioxide replacement exploitation of gas hydrate, adopts to methane hydrate layer method exploitation continuous or intermittently injecting carbon dioxide gas methane hydrate, and its concrete process comprises step:
(1) under constant volume or level pressure condition, in reaction vessel, utilize the reaction of natural gas and working solution to generate the methane hydrate layer; Be reaction vessel with the one-dimensional model in the aforementioned means in the present embodiment, reaction generates the methane hydrate layer under the predetermined temperature pressure condition; Methane hydrate can generate under constant volume or level pressure condition, and temperature that experiment is adopted and pressure are all determined according to the true pressure and the temperature on the stratum, hydrate layer place of being simulated.In generative process, it is constant that the temperature in the reactor keeps.Generation consumption tolerance according to the pressure change calculations in the reactor, is measured according to the inlet end gas flowmeter during level pressure when constant volume.
(2) injecting carbon dioxide gas in one-dimensional model; The pressure that carbon dioxide injects is higher than the balance decomposition pressure of methane hydrate under experimental temperature, to guarantee that not having methane hydrate decomposes.The carbon dioxide gas scale of construction of injecting is measured according to the inlet end gas flowmeter.
(3) gather the gas phase in the one-dimensional model and analyze component in the different time respectively; Observation reacting system pressure and temperature variations every 24~48h acquisition system minimum gas, are analyzed its change of component situation with gas chromatograph, monitor the degree of carrying out of displacement reaction.
The predetermined value of methane content when (4) determining exploitation according to the economy of the pace of change of methane content in the experimentation and exploitation, generally reaching molar percentage 80%-90% with methane content is predetermined value.When the gas phase methane content in the one-dimensional model is higher than predetermined value, the methane gas in the beginning level pressure exploitation reactor.Outlet pressure is by the control of back pressure control module, and the yield of gas is measured by gas flowmeter.
In the present embodiment, the withstand voltage scope of one-dimensional model 1 is 0~25MPa, and inner chamber is the cylindrical rubber sleeve of volume 283.4ml; Cylindrical shell 41 reactors inside is cylindrical, internal diameter 38mm, inner effective length 250mm.
Above-listed detailed description is at the specifying of possible embodiments of the present invention, and this embodiment is not in order to limiting claim of the present invention, and the equivalence that all the present invention of disengaging do is implemented or change, all should be contained in the claim of this case.